Watani Party

The Watani Party was a nationalist political party in Egypt that existed from 1895 to 1952. The party advocated Anglophobia, and it was supported by the city bourgeoisie, monarchist sympathizers, and even Khedive Abbas II of Egypt. The party initially supported constitutional monarchy, but it later supported the ruling monarchy of Egypt, law and order policies, and statism, especially after Prime Minister Boutros Ghali's assassination (ironically by a Watani sympathizer). After the rise of the Wafd Party following the end of World War I, the Watani Party began to lose power, and it was dissolved in 1952.